AMUSEMENTS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 25560, 13 June 1944, Page 4

AMUSEMENTS

CURRENT PROGRAMMES Octagon Theatre.—Charles Boyer and Rita Hayworth head an outstanding cast in “ Tales of Manhattan,” which is in its second Week. Grand Theatre.—" The Return of the Vampire," starring Bela Lugosi, and “Is Everybody Happy? ” featuring Nan Wynn and Michael Duane. Regent Theatre.—The New Zealand premiere of “ Hostages,” featuring the new star. Arturo de Cordova, and Luise Rainer. ' „ State Theatre.—The comedian George Forrnby in the hilarious Home Guard film, “ Get Cracking.” _ Empire Theatre.—" The Bells Go Down," a story of the Auxiliary Fire Service during the London blitz, featuring Tommy Trinder. Strand Theatre.—A comedy double, “I Want a Divorce," starring Joan Blondell and Dick Powell, and “Henry Aldrich Plays Cupid,” featuring Jimmy Lydon and Vera Vague. St. James Theatre—A musical comedy, •' For Me and My Gal,” starring Judy Garland, Gene Kelly, and George Murphy. Mayfair Theatre.—"My Gal Sal,” a technicolor musical, starring Rita Hayworth and Victor Mature; also “The Night Before the Divorce.” featuring Lynn Bari, Joseph Allen, and Mary Beth Hughes. COMING ATTRACTIONS Grand Theatre (To-morrow).—William Boyd as Hopalong Cassidy in “ Hoppy Serves a Writ." and the hilarious feature, “ The McGuerins from Brooklyn,” starring William Bendix and Grace Bradley. Mayfair Theatre (To-morrow). —Vivien Leigh and Robert Taylor in " Waterloo Bridge,” and Richard Carlson, June Randolph, and Barton Mac Lane in the exciting melodrama, “ Highways by Night.”